Why do I feel so jealous
That she is outside?
Is it the fact that she is out
Or that she has no reason to hide?
Her beauty is exposed to open air,
She will still be out much later,
And for everyone who sees her there,
My competition grows yet greater.
I should not feel all this envy
But should expose her beauty for all to see,
But this beauty goads my envy more,
Because her heart does not belong to me.

Feb 1988